Paul Digiter

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Paul Digiter (born March 9, 1879 in Bistritz , † February 14, 1929 in Vienna ) was an Austrian writer , journalist and diplomat .

Life

Paul Zahler came from Moravia . He studied both Jus and philosophy at the University of Vienna and at the Sorbonne in Paris . He then joined the young Vienna literary group . There he mainly interacted with Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Arthur Schnitzler . Digiter wrote novels , short stories, dramas and poetry in German and finally in French . He also worked as a translator of works by Gustave Flaubert and Rachilde .

Zifferer worked as a journalist for the features section of the Neues Wiener Journal and the Neue Freie Presse . During the First World War he was a war correspondent in Albania . In 1917 he became editor of the French-language magazine Revue d'Autriche , which was founded by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. For the Neue Freie Presse he reported on the negotiations on the Paris suburb agreements . From 1918 until his death in 1929, Digiter worked as a press attaché at the Austrian Embassy in Paris . In the course of this he also took part in international congresses such as the assemblies of the League of Nations .

Paul Zahler was married and had one daughter. He died of kidney cancer at the age of 49 and was buried in the Hietzinger Friedhof in Vienna.

Works

  • Two fairy tales from the Bohemian Forest. Collection . Bierson, Dresden 1898.
  • The fairy tale of life . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . December 10, 1899, p. 11 ( digitized version ).
  • The little god of the world. Novel poetry . Seemann, Leipzig 1902.
  • Parisian cantilenas . H. Seemann Nachf., Leipzig 1904.
  • The juggler's dress . Meyer & Jessen, Berlin 1911.
  • The bright night. A poem . Meyer & Jessen, Berlin 1912.
  • Napoleon . With illustrations by Felician Myrbach . Munk, Vienna 1912.
  • The strange woman. Novel . Fischer, Berlin 1916.
  • The firework. A frame story . Fischer, Berlin 1919.
  • The imperial city . Fischer, Berlin 1923.
  • Le saut dans l'inconnu. Novel . Editions de l'Illustration, Paris 1927. = The leap into the unknown. Novel . Fischer, Berlin 1927.

Honors

literature

Web links

  • Primus-Heinz Kucher: Digiter, Paul. In: Transdisciplinary constellations in Austrian literature, art and culture in the interwar period. Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt; .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Primus-Heinz Kucher: Digiter, Paul. In: Transdisciplinary constellations in Austrian literature, art and culture in the interwar period. Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, accessed on February 23, 2020 .
  2. ↑ A strange Austrian press attaché. In:  Neues Grazer Tagblatt , September 30, 1927, p. 4 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / gtb
  3. ^ Councilor Dr. Paul Digiter. In:  Wiener Zeitung , February 25, 1929, p. 3 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz
  4. ^ Eduard Ludwig:  The international work of Paul Zahlers. In:  Neues Wiener Journal , February 15, 1929, p. 4 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nwj
  5. ^ Councilor Dr. Paul Digiter. In:  Wiener Zeitung , February 17, 1929, p. 3 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz
  6. ↑ a b Felix Czeike (Ed.): Digitergasse. In:  Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 5, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-218-00547-7 , p. 705 ( digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Digiter, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer, journalist and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Bistritz
DATE OF DEATH February 14, 1929
Place of death Vienna